Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The purpose of this overnight stay at Genting Highlands is to watch one of the world greatest icon rock band, Deep Purple perform live in The Arena of Stars.Who haven't heard of the song "Smoke on the Water" ?

Before the concert we had a light meal of sandwiches at The Bakery which came with a choice of two types of meat, fresh lettuce, sliced tomato with optional cheese or mayonnaise.

Wow ! it was a fantastic show of guitar wizardry of Steve Morse and organist Don Airey.The concert started about 8.15 pm and when they opened the show with Highway Star-the audience just went wild.A lot of guys were head banging to most of their songs. I was surprised with the mixed audience of young teenagers and mostly aged rockers from our era.They played Space Trucking, Strange kind of woman, Mary Long......etc and when Steve strummed the familiar riffs of Smoke on the Water, they got a standing ovation-audience at the front row who were seated quietly throughout the show rushed to the edge of the stage to show their appreciation by bopping and waving their hands while those on the terraces stood up and sang along.

Ian Gillan's singing was not clear because of the arena's acoustic-short hair, blue jeans, casual red shirt and T-shirt.Roger Glover was real tight -fooling around the stage-wore headband scarves. Ian Paice was solid on the drums-no drum solo.Steve Morse is in a class of his own -improvised on lots of song's solo-long blond hair, blue jeans and played with a few guitars.Don Airey did a solo of classic tunes on his Hammond organ/Moog synthesizer-he even played a few verses of Rasa Sayang which surprises the audience.

They played for about 1 hour and 45 minutes and encored with Black Night and ended with Hush, a great singalong song!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

I saw something similar to these tortilla wrap that my wife made, being sold in a kiosk in the Indoor Theme Park in Genting Highlands.

It is easy and simple to make.Place a piece of toasted tortilla (bought from Carrefour) on a round pan fried whisked eggs.Add in fresh lettuce, shredded cucumber, sliced red tomato and two chicken sausages.Spread it up with a combination of tomato or chillies sauce.Wrap it up and cut it diagonally into bite sizes and it is ready to be serve !

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Cafe Pitstop Steakhouse served affordable fusion food and is a hit among students and residents in Section 17.

The place is air conditioned with partly alfresco dining and is WIFI free, too.

Service was prompt and attentive.

Parking is OK.

Chicken and Fish plus Mushroom Set-a good combination for those who cannot decide what to eat-tasty brown sauce and the mushroom soup was not too thick with bits of mushroom to entice your tastebuds-Rm20..90/

Cereal Fish served on the side with coleslaw, sliced cucumber and tomato and potato wedges-the Dory fish was generously sized and fresh with a real crispy cereal crust -Rm13.90/

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

We are a group of girls who loves to eat and we usually treat ourselves to good food at least once a month.Yesterday's food theme was Japanese food at Iketeru @Hilton which was introduced by our friend Joey who raved about the good food and ambience.We did not made any reservations (trying to act like Anthony Bourdain).When the lift opened at the 8th floor, the swimming pool was right in front of us, the atmosphere was calm and soft lighting leads us to the restaurant on our right which has five eating venues.The restaurant was packed to the rim and what to do with a pack of hungry wolves like us. Luckily a private room was available at an extra Rm60/ and we grabbed it without a wink!The enclosed private room with a sunken table was just right for us to chat and enjoy our meal at a leisure pace.Orders were quickly taken and everyone agreed to share the food which were a knot higher than others and of course the bill which came close to Rm600 plus. I hope you enjoy the photos.